Live Auction 17423Interiors
Mané-Katz (FRENCH/UKRAINIAN, 1894-1962)
Lot 2

Mané-Katz (FRENCH/UKRAINIAN, 1894-1962)

Portrait of Sally Ryan

Closed22 August 2019

Estimate

USD 8,000–10,000

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Mané-Katz (FRENCH/UKRAINIAN, 1894-1962)
Portrait of Sally Ryan
signed 'Mané-Katz' (lower center)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 15 7/8 in. (65.4 x 40.3 cm.)
Painted in 1935

Sir Jacob Epstein, England (gift from the artist).
Theodore Garman, England (by descent from the above).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 2000, lot 217.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 14 February 2008, lot 131.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a portrait of the artist and model, Sally Ryan. Ryan was a close friend of the artist Sir Jacob Epstein. She collaborated with Epstein's wife, Kathleen Garman, to develop his art collection which is now housed at the New Art Gallery in Walsall, England.